Manifolding book



C. s. HUBER 1601736 MANIFOLDING BOOK Filed Sept- 7, 1922 INVENTOR limb/KM ATTORNEY composed Patented Oct. 5, 1926.

PATENT orme.

CHARLES s.v HUBER, or* SHELBY, oiIo.l

MANIFOLDING BooK.

Application filed September This invention relates -to'manifolding de-` vices and with respect toits more specifie features to manifolding books suchl as salesbooksand the like.

provision of a nianifolding sale'sbook wherewith three or more copies may be made at one writing by the utilization of two or more pads equipped-with special means forV holding one of the books in place.

Another object is the provision of a practical device for'holding one of the pads inproper position for manipulation of its leaves into and out of superposed relation to those,

of another pad, and to practically assure that the first mentioned pad shall assume correct operative position." Y

Other objects will be in part obivous and in part pointed out'hereinafter.

The invention accordingly' consistsin the featuresl of construction, 'combinations of' elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and thescope of their application will apear in the appended claims.

in the accompanying drawing forming part of this specification wherein similar reference characters refer to similar parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a perspective View ofaf manifoldingdeviceembodying the' invenion; i Fig. -2 is aiA detail perspectiveview of the pad holding awsf'with associated support 5 Figf is a sectional'view of vice for the' jaws;

Fig. 4 is a sectional `view'showinglanother detail; and i Fig. 5 is a diagrammatic view of a pad. Referring now more speciiically to the and 3 indicate three sections of a backing, and 3 being hinged at' the-sides-4 and the4 sections 1 and 2 being connected by the flexible'cloth hinge material 5. The backing sections may be composed of stiff material, such as pasteboard or'metal, and the hinges may be provided by the covering material for the sections, as cloth, which may be eX- tended for the purpose. rihe numeral 6' indicates a spring clamp carried by the backin'g section 3 an'dadapteidtoVV grip and hold the pad 7 on the backing. The'pad is of a plurality lof superposed sets oforiginal and duplicate leaves, the numeral 8 indicating an original leaf andthe nu- One of the objects of theinvention is the them` together.

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the orie'inal leaf 8, the extended portions of the duplicate leaves, of each set being bound togetherr by staples lllto form a pad. e The numeral 12 indicatesa weakened line in each duplicate leaf this weakening facilitating sepration of the duplicate leaf from'the stu it one side of the pad ,Tis a standard adapted to support one or more record sheets in position to be manipulated into and out of superposedvrelation with the'leave's of the pad 7. In the embodiment illustrated this clamp includes a pair of relatively movablel clamping jaws 13 andy 14, these jaws upstanding fromthe backing section 2, theV jaw 13 being fastened to the backing section 2 through the instrumentality ofan integral flange 15 riveted to thekbacking as at 16.

The numerals 17 indicate the leaves ofa supplemental book or pad, these leaves being preferably ofv tissue paper. The supplemental pad may be formed by providing a pile of tissue leaves (Fig. 5) and stitching them through the centerpasat 40,` to attachv Thereupon the leaves of theY pile may be folded along the stitched line to provide a book of tissue leaves. If de-.

sired, and as is preferable, a sheet of paper 41 more durablel ,thanVv tissue may bejasso# ciated with/thev outside of the `b acking andA attached thereto by the stitching to provide al cover for the tissue book. One of the leaves of this cover is' interposed betweenv the jaws 13 and 14 of the standard, and passes beneath the inner jaw 14 so' as to lie smoothly on the upper face of the backing section 2; Having placed the leafv ofthe pad 17 between thejaws 13 and 14, these jaws may be closed to hold the pad of tissue leaves in position on the standard andin proper relation to the pad 7 In operative position the line of stitching closely follows the upper edge of the jaw 13, so that the central portion ofthe tissue pad is elevatedv above the backing sect-ion 2, to a plane upon nearly approximately theupper face of the pad 7. V The jaw 14 ispivotedrfor` movement toward and fromithe jaw 13 in a plane parallel to the plane of the padand in thefpresent embodiment is pivotally connected tothe latter jaw at 18. At the ends of the jaws remote from the hinge 18 means to retain the jaws in closed relation are provided. The numeral 19 indicates a keeper, being a flat plate moving closely alongside the inner face of the jaw 13 into and out of position overlapping the end of the jawv 14, when the. latter is in closed position. The advance end of the keeper may be beveled to facilitate the assumption of overlapping relation to the jaw 14. The numeral 2O indicates a pin or screw longitudinally t-ranslatable on the jaw 13 and having threaded engagement with the keeper 19. In the present embodiment the screw 2O extends through a slot 21 in the jaw 13 and into engagement with the keeper 19. The screw 20 has a manipulative head on one side of the jaw 13, the keeper 19 being disposed at the opposite side of the aw 13.

The pivoted jaw 14 is wide at its bottom where it is adapted to rest upon the cover leaf 41. The wide bottom not only provides a substantial area of the lower face of jaw 14 co-operative with the flange 15 to grip the cover leaf, but in a large measure restrains the jaw from sinking into the surface of the cover leaf or any other one or more underlying leaves. In the present embodiment the wide bottom is provided by the angularly projecting flange 22 of the aw 14 which flange extends in a direction away from the jaw 13. @n the inner face of jaw 14 are one or more projections, or sheet holding devices, as the pins 23, which may be provided by punching the jaw so as to upset its inner face to produce the pins. ln the inner face of the jaw 13 are recesses with which the pins 23 are adapted to register. ln the embodiment illustrated the recesses are provided by the apertures 24 in the jaw 13. y

ln setting the instrument, the jaw 14 is opened and the tissue pad applied to rest on the upper edge of the jaw 13, with the line of stitches closely adjacent to and following said edge, and with the cover leaf 41 extending downwardly alongside the inner face of jaw 13 and onto the face of the backing section 2. lt is then in correct position. The jaw 14 may readily be closed when only the cover leaf lies on the section 2, whereas, should the body of the tissue pad, or an abnormal number of sheets thereof, lie on the section 2 with the line of stitches at the lower edge of the jaw 13, the jaw 14, when in or near its closed position, would be displaced relative to jaw 13 and slant upwardly due to the greater thickness of the underlying body which is made up of a great number of tissue leaves, and on or over which the flange 22 would lie. If the lower edge of the jaw 14 were narrow this jaw might be. pressed and moved down so as to sink into the body and thus assume its normal clamping position relative to the jaw 13. The tissue pad, so clamped, would be in an awkward if not practically imposv is rotated to closed position in which theV flanges 15 and 22 are closely superposed. Then the finger of the operator is placed on the screw head 30 which latter is circular and has a knurled periphery and the head is drawn toward the axis 18 and at the same time rotated by a wiping action of the linger. By this operation the keeper will be longitudinally moved, or translated, into overlapping` relation to the jaw 14 and continued rotation of the head will press the two jaws toward each other andV firmly secure them. in closed relation.V By the reverse operation the keeper 19 may be moved out of overlapping relation with jaw 14 and the jaws freed for being opened. Y

It will be noted that the sheet 41 which is held between the jaws, also lies beneath the flange 22 of the pivoted jaw andby its cooperation with upper face o-f the. backing section 2 or with the flange 15 assist in holding the supplemental pad in place.

Having clamped the tissue pad in place, one of the tissue leaves isplaced between the leaves 8 and 9 of the uppermost set of the pad 7, so as to lie on the transfer leaf 31, one end of which latter may be bound with the pad 7 by the staples 11. The transfer leaf may be coated on eac-h face with the transfer material. The original leaf 8 will lie on the interposed tissue leaf 17. Inscription made on the original leaf will appear on the duplicate leaf and on the tissue, or triplicate leaf. lBy rotating the backing section 3 on the hinge side 4 as an axis, t-he inscribed tissue leaf will be withdrawn from between. leaves 8 and 9 and will fall on backing section 2, where it will be held when the backing section 2 is restored to place. The lea-f 9 may be torn from the stub along the line 12, and the leaves 8 and 9 torn apart along line 10, and disproved of as desired.

By supporting the tissue pad on the stand- Y ard or jaw 13 in elevated position above the face of the backing section 3, a width of tissue leaf may be employed which will lie in stored relation beneath the section 2 without crumpling and which will lie on the pad 7 without objectionable projecting from the right hand margin of the pad, 7, referring to Fig. 1.

Thus by the above described constructionv are accomplished among others the objects hereinbefore referred to.

As many changes could be made in the above construction and many' apparently widely different embodiments of this invention could be made without departing rom the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown Iin the accompanying drawings shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

It is also to be understood that the language used in the following claims is intended to cover all of the generic and specific features of the invention herein described and all statements of the scope of the invention, which, as a matter of language, might be said to fall therebetween.

Having described my invention what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is v l. In a device of the character described, in combination, a backing adapted to support a pad, a standard mounted on said backing adapted to support one or more sheets in position to be manipulated into and out of superposed relation with said pad,

' said standard including a pair of relatively movable clamping jaws alongside the position of said pad, said jaws being connected so as to restrict their relative movement, and means adapted to retain said jaws in closed relation, one of said jaws having means adapted to cooperate to displace it upwardly relative to the other jaw when an abnormal number of sheets lie therebeneath with the jaws in closed relation.

2. In a device of the character described, in combination, a backing adapted to support a pad, a standard mounted on'said backing adapted to support one or more sheets in position to be manipulated into and out of superposed relation with said pad, said standard including a pair of pivotally connected clamping jaws alongside the position of said pad, one of said jaws being stationary and the other movable in a. plane parallel to the plane vof said pad, the latter jaw having, at its bottom, a wide flange extending in a direction away from the other jaw, and means adapted to retain said jaws in closed relation.

3. In a device of the character described, in combination, a backing adapted to support a pad, a standard mounted on said backing adapted to support one or more sheets inV position to be manipulated into and out of superposed relation with said pad, said standard including a pair of pivotally connected clamping'jaws alongside the position of said pad, a keeper movable rela tive to one of said jaws and into and out of overlapping relation with the other when the jaws are in closed relation, and a keeper actuating device including a screw longitudinally translatable on one of .said jaws, passing therethrough and having threaded engagement with said keeper.

4. In a device of the character described, in combination, a backing adapted to support a pad, a standard mounted on said backing adapted to support one or more sheets in position to be manipulated into and out of superposed relation with said pad, said standard including a pair of pivotally connected clamping jaws alongside the position of said pad, one of said jaws being stationary and the other movable in a plane crosswise of the position of said pad, the latter jaw having, at its bottom, a wide flange extending in adirection away from the other jaw, means adapted to retain and release said jaws from closed relation including a screw passing through said stationary jaw and longitudinally translatable thereon, and a keeper mounted on said screw and longitudinally translatable therewith,

the movable jaw having a flange adapted to underlie said keeper when the jaws are in closed relation. Y

5. In a device of the character described, Iin combination, a backing adapted to support a pad, a standard mounted on said Y backing adapted to support one or more sheets in position to be manipulated into and out of superposed relation with said pad, said standard including a pair of pivotally connected clamping jaws alongside the position of said pad, one of said jaws being stationary and the other movable in a plane crosswise of the position of said pad, the

latter Vjaw having, at its bottom, a wideflange extending in a direction away from the other jaw, one of said jaws having one or more sheet holding pins projecting from its inner face, and means adapted to retain said jaws in closed relation.

6. In a device of the character described, a standard including a pair of clamping jaws pivotally connected together at one end, each o saidjaws having a flange, said flanges adapted to lie in close superposed relation when the jaws are in closed rela vtion, one of said jaws having one or 'more sheet holding pins projecting from its inner face', a screw passing through and longitudinally translatable on one ot said jaws, a keeper threaded on said screw and translatable therewith longitudinally of the latter jaw, said screw having a manipulative head on the side of the jaw opposite said keeper.

In testimony whereof I aii'ix my signature.

CHARLES S. HUBER. 

